Putting off pounds with Poetry

Short blog.  Mainly a memo to myself.  And if I can really keep this short I will be surprised.  Well the rain is starting to let up.  Its been raining here in St. Louis since Oct 7th everyday.  Some days all day long others just when I want to get out and do something it rained.  Normally I think the rain is relaxing and intimate but for 24 days!  Geez!  Well yesterday it stopped.  Woke up this morning and the sun is still shining.   I can even go to the park today and take a nice walk!  I so miss walking outdoors.

I take it as a sign that the rain in my sometimes dreary life is about to start letting up as well.First example I made a couple of decisions this past week that are somehow turning a new leaf.  I didnt get the job I wanted which was a bummer but it left the door open for a better positions.  The higher ups in the office was just as discouraged as me to find a contractual hiccup that prevented me from getting the job so they all had a meeting about the situation.  Well turns out they are going to help me get into a supervisor program so I can get on the same level as them.  Also my paycheck from 6 pay periods ago finally got corrected.

A few weeks ago my furnace went out in the house and I had so many estimates that told me different things were wrong with it and for different money amounts ranging from $250 to a new furnace.  I finally got disgusted and said forget fixing it I’ll use space heaters all winter.  Well with my new leaf turning I decided to pull out my Home Improvement 1-2-3 book from Home Depot that had been sitting on my bookshelf unused and as easy as making mud pie I found my problem is replacing a $25 switch.  Remove two screws literally pull off the old switch like pulling out a cellphone charger, plug in the new one replace the screws and waalaah…heat!

On top of that, I got on my scale today and that sucker moved downward!  One pound lost.  One small step is ginourmous because for the whole month of October I was struggling with what road I should take on my journey and I picked up four pounds. Now that I stepped on a new path I lost a pound again.  I haven’t done anything physically or nutritionally different but I did make a mental change and the benefit of that choice was on the scale.

What a difference a day makes.  Oh I forgot to add……I’m in a size 8 jeans!  I was a size 12-14 this time last year.  I need to get up some new pics!!!!  LOL. I knew I couldn’t keep this short.